The Forever Prisoner

2021

Documentary

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80%

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5 Reviews

88%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Terrorist suspect Abu Zubaydah becomes the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques -- later identified as torture.

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Dan Fienberg

Hollywood Reporter

The documentary is frustratingly lacking in details, coming across as the cinematic equivalent of a long-dormant observation from a Twitter "drafts" folder that somehow never got updated.

Dec 7, 2021

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Brian Lowry

CNN.com

The Forever Prisoner asks the right questions regarding not just Zubaydah but the broader prosecution of the war against terrorism. As the film makes clear, it's the answers that have proven elusive.

Dec 6, 2021

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

It is eye-opening, and yet also like Gibney's best work, affirming in the worst ways.

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 6, 2021

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John Serba

Decider

The Forever Prisoner is a rich, absorbing documentary, Gibney pushing past potentially derivative subject matter to turn up fresh objectives.

Dec 16, 2021

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Manny P

A country that ignores law or accountability, is a country without laws or accountabilities. I'm happy that Ali Soufans book is now available to read in it's unredacted format and I will be buying it. America seems to be a beast that is happy to tear itself apart from within, but until the real decision makers, in all the human right contraventions, are brought to book, I can only view them as hypocrites in the extreme. GTMO is still out there people.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/22/22

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Audience Member

So sad Men do horrible things. 😢

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Alex Gibney

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Abu Zubaydah

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Alex Gibney

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Producer

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Ray Bonner

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Synopsis

Terrorist suspect Abu Zubaydah becomes the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques -- later identified as torture.

Director: Alex Gibney
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 6, 2021